Things to do in Stresa

Since the second half of the nineteenth century up to the first decades of the twentieth, when the first English touritsts arrived, Stresa, whose hotels and villas built in Liberty style make it unique, assumed its peculiar, elegant look. Nowadays it is a renowned holiday resosrt as well as an important seat of cultural manifestations, meetings and international congresses also thanks to its well-developed hotel system.
Regular boat services from the town's two docks provide access to the nearby Borromean Islands and a 20-minute cable car ride leads to the summit of Monte Mottarone, with theGiardino Botanico Alpinia en route.